SABAA vs BFSA Money Trail
I was somewhat shocked to see the email below from SABAA to their Western Cape members regarding the money trail comp to be held at Kwaggaskloof on Sunday 6th Feb. Fact is that the dates were set up many months ago,after discussions with SABAA so as to avoid any potential clash. I include their email and BFSA's reply so that members, both SABAA and non SABAA can make up their own minds. For the record they didn't have the courtesy of sending a copy of the email to any of the Money Trail organisers, the email was sent on by (more than one) dissatisfied SABAA members.
Original Email From SABAA
From: Cor Agenbag
Sent: 01 February 2011 09:35 AM
Subject: BFSA Tournament
Dear Regional Anglers
About two weeks ago it came to our attention (that is now the Divisional Executive’s) that BFSA are going to host one of their cast-4-cash tournaments on Sunday, the 6th of February 2011, at Kwaggas. You will note that this is on the pre-fish cut-off weekend for our 19 February 2011 fish-off at Kwaggas.
WCBAA always had a good relationship with BFSA and has always endorsed their events. We have then also always thought to have established a kind of gentlemen’s agreement with BFSA that their events should not clash with ours with regard to venue on either our last pre-fishing weekend or our actual fish-off event. This arrangement has always been honoured.
Unfortunately this arrangement seemed to have changed as per BFSA’s latest arrangements.
WCBAA believe it is our duty to bring this clash of venue and dates under your attention. Over the past two weeks WCBAA has tried several times to have the venue changed. Unfortunately BFSA is at this stage still adamant not to change their venue, notwithstanding our pleas. In the event that you are planning to go and pre-fish on Sunday please bear in mind that there will be a tournament on the same day. However, and this is very unfortunate and totally against our believe and practice that there is enough space for everybody, we have no option but to kindly request that you consider not to participate in the BFSA tournament in order to minimise the unnecessary moving/relocating of fish. We as the executive understand that many WCBAA anglers take their pre-fish seriously with the idea of returning to certain areas on the Divisional date, in an attempt to replicate the patterns established in practice, only to find your fish no longer in the area that you left. Moving the fish to the weigh-in station will most probably have a negative impact on the “fishability†of the waters as the level is dropping rapidly.
We apologise for not being able to change BFSA’s mind to change their venue for the benefit of our members.
Regards
Cor Agenbag
WCBAA Secretary
BFSA's Reply
Gentlemen,
I have received a copy of WCBAA’s email addressed to you all. My copy, indecently, did not come to us from WCBAA, whom seem to want to hide the truth.
As usual monthly, we at BFSA forward our forthcoming Money Trail dates for all to enter and have fun. Ours is an open competition, run socially for all to enter to promote the sport of Bass Fishing.
Last week, Craig Frasier and Max Haffen contacted me with regards to our forthcoming Money Trail at KwaggasKloof on the 6th February, expressing the CONCERN, that it is the final day for the cut-off for the regional’s on the 19th February.
We have held Money Trails recently, on the two week cut off date at Kwagga’s where SABAA entrants have won good money.
I was asked, if we could, move our date for the Money Trail. I did mention that as the Money Trail was only a week away it would be difficult, especially as our sponsor would be arriving from Johannesburg for the day. However, I would discuss it within our circle and notify Craig and Max on Monday the 31st of the outcome. Unfortunately, our sponsor could not change his date but I offered to Craig by means of compromise, a “floating weigh stationâ€. This would operate for all that once a fish was caught, call the ‘weigh station’ and they would come and meet you, where-ever, record your weight and you would then replace the fish on its caught spot. It’s a compromise and a cost to ourselves so everybody that wanted to enter could have fun……..There would be no land based weigh-station which would allay the fear of transporting the fish etc and not put pressure on SABAA’s regional.
I respectfully submit that...
1). We, BFSA, therefore have not dishonoured any gentleman’s agreement.
2). We at BFSA encourage our members NOT to fish at or on the days of your regional’s/zone 6 etc etc. We notify our members on the website when and where your are fishing so as not to spoil you day.
3). We at BFSA respect SABAA and its dates.
4). We at BFSA encourage our members to fish SABAA events.
5). We at BFSA have not changed the latest arrangements.
6). We at BFSA organise our dates for the Money Trail not to clash with your regional’s.
7). WCBAA has not over the last two weeks tried to change the event……I was only contacted last Thursday and responded on Monday………We were not “adamant†in our response about not wanting to changing the venue, arrangements were made weeks before…….WE made a compromise.
8). It’s unfortunate that this email has emerged, as I find it completely distasteful and disrespectful, i.e. Quote “notwithstanding our pleas†Un- Quote†, WHAT pleas, it was a once off request!!!!!……
9). WE at BFSA are not the bad guys……………again we made a compromise.
Why in other provinces do they have a ONE WEEK cut-off?? When I used to fish regional’s we had a one week cut-off then. What makes the Western Cape different?
Gentlemen, you are all welcome to enter on Sunday and we will respect your pre-fishing by providing a floating weigh-station.
Regards,
Carl Darkins.
BFSA.
Make up your own minds, this is to me extremely childish, unexpected, unseemly, ungentlemanly and entirely unnecessary on the part of SABAA WC.
I was somewhat shocked to see the email below from SABAA to their Western Cape members regarding the money trail comp to be held at Kwaggaskloof on Sunday 6th Feb. Fact is that the dates were set up many months ago,after discussions with SABAA so as to avoid any potential clash. I include their email and BFSA's reply so that members, both SABAA and non SABAA can make up their own minds. For the record they didn't have the courtesy of sending a copy of the email to any of the Money Trail organisers, the email was sent on by (more than one) dissatisfied SABAA members.
Original Email From SABAA
From: Cor Agenbag
Sent: 01 February 2011 09:35 AM
Subject: BFSA Tournament
Dear Regional Anglers
About two weeks ago it came to our attention (that is now the Divisional Executive’s) that BFSA are going to host one of their cast-4-cash tournaments on Sunday, the 6th of February 2011, at Kwaggas. You will note that this is on the pre-fish cut-off weekend for our 19 February 2011 fish-off at Kwaggas.
WCBAA always had a good relationship with BFSA and has always endorsed their events. We have then also always thought to have established a kind of gentlemen’s agreement with BFSA that their events should not clash with ours with regard to venue on either our last pre-fishing weekend or our actual fish-off event. This arrangement has always been honoured.
Unfortunately this arrangement seemed to have changed as per BFSA’s latest arrangements.
WCBAA believe it is our duty to bring this clash of venue and dates under your attention. Over the past two weeks WCBAA has tried several times to have the venue changed. Unfortunately BFSA is at this stage still adamant not to change their venue, notwithstanding our pleas. In the event that you are planning to go and pre-fish on Sunday please bear in mind that there will be a tournament on the same day. However, and this is very unfortunate and totally against our believe and practice that there is enough space for everybody, we have no option but to kindly request that you consider not to participate in the BFSA tournament in order to minimise the unnecessary moving/relocating of fish. We as the executive understand that many WCBAA anglers take their pre-fish seriously with the idea of returning to certain areas on the Divisional date, in an attempt to replicate the patterns established in practice, only to find your fish no longer in the area that you left. Moving the fish to the weigh-in station will most probably have a negative impact on the “fishability†of the waters as the level is dropping rapidly.
We apologise for not being able to change BFSA’s mind to change their venue for the benefit of our members.
Regards
Cor Agenbag
WCBAA Secretary
BFSA's Reply
Gentlemen,
I have received a copy of WCBAA’s email addressed to you all. My copy, indecently, did not come to us from WCBAA, whom seem to want to hide the truth.
As usual monthly, we at BFSA forward our forthcoming Money Trail dates for all to enter and have fun. Ours is an open competition, run socially for all to enter to promote the sport of Bass Fishing.
Last week, Craig Frasier and Max Haffen contacted me with regards to our forthcoming Money Trail at KwaggasKloof on the 6th February, expressing the CONCERN, that it is the final day for the cut-off for the regional’s on the 19th February.
We have held Money Trails recently, on the two week cut off date at Kwagga’s where SABAA entrants have won good money.
I was asked, if we could, move our date for the Money Trail. I did mention that as the Money Trail was only a week away it would be difficult, especially as our sponsor would be arriving from Johannesburg for the day. However, I would discuss it within our circle and notify Craig and Max on Monday the 31st of the outcome. Unfortunately, our sponsor could not change his date but I offered to Craig by means of compromise, a “floating weigh stationâ€. This would operate for all that once a fish was caught, call the ‘weigh station’ and they would come and meet you, where-ever, record your weight and you would then replace the fish on its caught spot. It’s a compromise and a cost to ourselves so everybody that wanted to enter could have fun……..There would be no land based weigh-station which would allay the fear of transporting the fish etc and not put pressure on SABAA’s regional.
I respectfully submit that...
1). We, BFSA, therefore have not dishonoured any gentleman’s agreement.
2). We at BFSA encourage our members NOT to fish at or on the days of your regional’s/zone 6 etc etc. We notify our members on the website when and where your are fishing so as not to spoil you day.
3). We at BFSA respect SABAA and its dates.
4). We at BFSA encourage our members to fish SABAA events.
5). We at BFSA have not changed the latest arrangements.
6). We at BFSA organise our dates for the Money Trail not to clash with your regional’s.
7). WCBAA has not over the last two weeks tried to change the event……I was only contacted last Thursday and responded on Monday………We were not “adamant†in our response about not wanting to changing the venue, arrangements were made weeks before…….WE made a compromise.
8). It’s unfortunate that this email has emerged, as I find it completely distasteful and disrespectful, i.e. Quote “notwithstanding our pleas†Un- Quote†, WHAT pleas, it was a once off request!!!!!……
9). WE at BFSA are not the bad guys……………again we made a compromise.
Why in other provinces do they have a ONE WEEK cut-off?? When I used to fish regional’s we had a one week cut-off then. What makes the Western Cape different?
Gentlemen, you are all welcome to enter on Sunday and we will respect your pre-fishing by providing a floating weigh-station.
Regards,
Carl Darkins.
BFSA.
Make up your own minds, this is to me extremely childish, unexpected, unseemly, ungentlemanly and entirely unnecessary on the part of SABAA WC.